Overview
- The court’s written judgment confirms a conviction of Álvaro García Ortiz for revealing reserved data, imposing two years of disqualification and a €7,200 fine.
- The ruling attributes the email’s dissemination to García Ortiz or someone in his immediate circle acting with his knowledge.
- Judges reduce Alberto González Amador’s claimed moral damages from €300,000 to €10,000, finding most reputational harm flows from the public criminal case rather than the leaked email.
- The judgment says the email never should have been public but stresses it will be excluded as evidence and that González Amador can receive a fair trial.
- The court rejects that the leak derailed a plea deal and notes the case was already publicly known from prior reporting, while commentary flags a likely appeal to the Constitutional Court.